About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells
The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells
It's probably the best recommendation I can give women's fiction; recommended to my mother. I think she'll appreciate Robin Wells' epic novel, The Wedding Tree. At 91, Adelaide McCauley is ready to die when she finds herself looking down from the ceiling in her...
Book Chat – Penguin’s December Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian Cozies
Book Chat – Penguin’s December Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian Cozies
Jinx is back! Somewhere in the middle of the book chat, you'll see Jinx. I know people missed him. Here are the book titles I discussed this month, the December releases from Penguin's Berkley Prime Crime and Obsidian. Here Today, Gone Tamale - Rebecca Adler (1st...